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3 unusual facts about Victor Trumper


1908 Eastern Suburbs season

Legendary cricketer of the time Victor Trumper was appointed to Easts first committee, while Liutenant-Colonel Onslow was made Patron of the Eastern Suburbs club.

Dally Messenger

He was approached by a consortium that included Test cricketer, Victor Trumper with friend J. J. Giltinan, who knew getting Messenger on board would be a major boost for the new code.

Greg Mail

Mail is the leading run scorer in the history of Sydney First Grade cricket, leapfrogging such talents as Victor Trumper and Bobby Simpson.


Frank Woolley

R. L. Arrowsmith wrote "his average rate of scoring has been exceeded only by Jessop ("the Croucher") and equalled by Trumper. His philosophy was to dominate the bowler. "When I am batting," he said, "I am the attack.

Herbert Bullmore

Appointed an honorary physician at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, in 1912, Bullmore treated leading Australian cricketer Victor Trumper during Trumper's final days suffering from Bright's disease.


see also

Beer snake

The snake was reported to have spanned the width of the SCG's Victor Trumper Stand.